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David Hendsbee

Cell: 483-0705 Grade this year: C Grade last year: D+ Last year, I gave David Hendsbee a D+, then, a few weeks later, the Mineville community in his district burned up in a forest fire. “Not a D councillor anymore,” Hendsbee joked afterwards, referring to all the work he had to do connecting residents to […]

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Illegal dump sites on watershed land

What’s wrong? Illegal dump sites on watershed land. Who’s responsible? David Hendsbee, councillor for the area, 483-0705. Remarks: Hendsbee is clearly frustrated at the illegal dumping along Upper Governors Street, which leads through the Lake Major Watershed to North Preston. The junk—roofing materials, construction waste, broken appliances and the like is repeatedly trucked in and […]

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District 3(Preston – Lawrencetown – Chezzetcook)

Preston-Lawrencetown-Chezzetcook District Profile Total Population, 2006 Census: 19,657 Issue: Tax Reform Average municipal tax comparison for single family homes Source: HRM. HRM Note: Amounts exclude Low Income Rebates. Final adjustments are not included to treat mobile homes as multi-unit; and for the 2009 changes in the Transit Tax structure. Not all area rates are included […]

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District 03 – David Hendsbee

David Hendsbee was recently at the centre of a headline-grabbing controversy over road paving. In a nutshell: without consulting residents on O’Connell Drive in Porters Lake, he committed them to paying higher property taxes to get the road paved. He says it was a judgement call made with no time for consultation and he stands […]

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